Six-second ads are appearing on Snapchat, and they can’t be skipped. Snapchat began testing the new ad format — first spotted by AdAge — in the US on Monday. These unskippable video ads, aka commercials, are only running in Snapchat Shows, not across the entire app. This means that you won’t see the ads if you’re simply watching …
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Snapchat started to roll out its second redesign in six months to iPhone users late on Thursday. It’s hoping to win back the people it alienated with an overhaul introduced earlier this year. The redesign sees the company backtrack on some of the features that failed to resonate with users, including returning Snaps and Chats to chronological order and returning …
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Years ago, Google Glass was pitched as a magic eye on the real world. I wore one. It never did what people really thought it could do. The crazy thing is, Google is getting to that magic world fast… through phones. The latest updates to Google Lens — demoed at this week’s Google I/O developers conference, and coming soon to …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Snap reveals a new version of its Snap Spectacles, which offer faster uploads and water resistance. Facebook earnings show strong growth in users and revenue, despite Cambridge Analytica woes. The long-awaited death of cash may finally be reaching a tipping point. Now playing: Watch this: Snap Spectacles are back…why??? (The 3:59, Ep. 393) 4:09 …
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Snap unveiled the second iteration of its Spectacles wearable camera, with faster uploads, water resistance, and improved audio quality for videos, the company said in a blog post Thursday. Snap’s first version of Spectacles launched to a lot of hype in 2016 before quickly fizzling out. Releasing its Spectacles was meant to be a transformative event for Snapchat, which dropped the …
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Snap’s back with Spectacles, round two. Designed for use exclusively with Snapchat, the $150 Spectacles are sunglasses with a camera. They record circular video you can view in Snapchat. Now playing: Watch this: Snap refreshes Spectacles, adds water resistance 1:33 How do they work? With a single button on the glasses frame. Press it once to snap a 10-second video, …
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Snapchat is launching new augmented-reality Lenses for gaming with friends, the company announced in a post Wednesday. Snappables is a new form of Lenses, the augemented-reality filters that apply special effects within the Snapchat app. Snappables expands Lenses to create shared experiences and gaming capabilities between users. Snapchat introduced Snappables AR Lenses Wednesday. Snapchat Snappables live within Snapchat’s Lens Carousel …
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The Federal Communications Commission published a new filing late Tuesday from Snapchat’s parent company that could relate to the next generation of the app’s Spectacles. First reported by Variety, the FCC documents from Snap, Inc. is for a “wearable video camera” that includes labels that call the camera “model 002.” Snapchat didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Snapchat’s …
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Snapchat Lenses just got better for iPhone X users The newest version of the Snapchat app for iOS utilizes the iPhone X TrueDepth camera to make the real-time Lens selfies — which can be anything from virtual facepainting to cat whiskers to masquerade masks (shown here) — more realistic than ever, thanks to improved shading, motion tracking and bokeh (blurred …
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Snapchat is all set to introduce group video calling and story mentions, a feature it tested last month, parent company Snap announced Tuesday. Up to 16 people can now take part in group video chats on the app, with up to 32 people joining in voice calls. To mention them in a Snapchat story, just type out their username starting …
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